Comments on: How Color Affects Your Blog http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/ Blogging Guides, News, Tips, Resources Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:43:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Natasha http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-54800 Natasha Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:01:27 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-54800 Hi Susan, thanks for this post. Color has never been a strength for me so this is a very resourceful article that I'm going to bookmark. Thanks again. :smile: Hi Susan, thanks for this post. Color has never been a strength for me so this is a very resourceful article that I’m going to bookmark. Thanks again. :smile:

]]> By: Qrystal http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-42085 Qrystal Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:43:29 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-42085 Very interesting, and I loved what the colour analysis said about the colours in my blog's theme!! I have been trying to figure out whether there was anything I should tweak about my scheme, and thanks to this article, I'm keeping the blue and orange!! I might have to add just a few more touches of orange, to emphasize the fun, though! :) What would grey mean though? On my site, the grey is almost grey-blue, and I can see how it could be considered somewhat calming, but boring. Perhaps, like black, it could be considered serious... and it could also be compared to the "emptiness" of white ("grey space?") I grey it has its own implications too. Light silvery grey or dark steely grey can say "technology", or modernity. Grey can also be fuzzy and comforting, especially if it's a warm pinkish or purplish grey. A cooler grey could be soothing, or it could evoke imagery of a windy, stormy day. Nostalgia!! Very interesting, and I loved what the colour analysis said about the colours in my blog’s theme!! I have been trying to figure out whether there was anything I should tweak about my scheme, and thanks to this article, I’m keeping the blue and orange!! I might have to add just a few more touches of orange, to emphasize the fun, though! :)

What would grey mean though? On my site, the grey is almost grey-blue, and I can see how it could be considered somewhat calming, but boring. Perhaps, like black, it could be considered serious… and it could also be compared to the “emptiness” of white (“grey space?”)

I grey it has its own implications too. Light silvery grey or dark steely grey can say “technology”, or modernity. Grey can also be fuzzy and comforting, especially if it’s a warm pinkish or purplish grey. A cooler grey could be soothing, or it could evoke imagery of a windy, stormy day. Nostalgia!!

]]> By: gamblert http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-42022 gamblert Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:38:52 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-42022 http://www.spymac.com/details/?2316510 http://www.spymac.com/details/?2316510

]]> By: Bong (JB) http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-41799 Bong (JB) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:38:43 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-41799 Hi! Since our blogs are in English, maybe we could safely say we are following western culture. We are partial towards black, white, and grey. Drab but clean and there's no evil in it, except maybe if we consider making money as "evil." :D Hi!

Since our blogs are in English, maybe we could safely say we are following western culture. We are partial towards black, white, and grey. Drab but clean and there’s no evil in it, except maybe if we consider making money as “evil.” :D

]]> By: Susan Gunelius http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-41479 Susan Gunelius Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:07:25 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-41479 Thanks, Jennifer. I love color, too, and color marketing and branding is one of my favorite topics! I thought I'd start with a high-level color post on BloggingTips, and in the future I hope to provide some more details, trends, etc. Don't be afraid of brown, just be cautious. There's room for every color somewhere in the blogosphere! Thanks, Jennifer. I love color, too, and color marketing and branding is one of my favorite topics! I thought I’d start with a high-level color post on BloggingTips, and in the future I hope to provide some more details, trends, etc.

Don’t be afraid of brown, just be cautious. There’s room for every color somewhere in the blogosphere!

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-41384 Jennifer Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:04:54 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-41384 Now how did I know you wrote this :) My favorite posts of yours are the color minded ones. I like such weird colors. Posts like this remind me to keep my blogs in check. I do like brown though and may be using it for a new blog but I'll try to avoid muddy looking brown. Now how did I know you wrote this :) My favorite posts of yours are the color minded ones. I like such weird colors. Posts like this remind me to keep my blogs in check. I do like brown though and may be using it for a new blog but I’ll try to avoid muddy looking brown.

]]> By: ekowanz http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-41318 ekowanz Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:52:55 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-41318 different culture hav a different meaning of colours...why don't you extend it and hav a little research in it.. i relly love to read about that.. but great topic u hav here. different culture hav a different meaning of colours…why don’t you extend it and hav a little research in it..
i relly love to read about that..
but great topic u hav here.

]]> By: Susan Gunelius http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-41312 Susan Gunelius Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:39:24 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-41312 You are absolutely correct, Michael. In fact, you can read more about the meanings of color in different culture in this post that I wrote for my branding blog, Brandcurve (the link is below). I should have linked to that in my original post. Thanks for reminding me! http://www.brandcurve.com/color-meanings-around-the-world/ You are absolutely correct, Michael. In fact, you can read more about the meanings of color in different culture in this post that I wrote for my branding blog, Brandcurve (the link is below). I should have linked to that in my original post. Thanks for reminding me!

http://www.brandcurve.com/color-meanings-around-the-world/

]]> By: Michael Martine http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-41304 Michael Martine Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:20:33 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/12/10/how-color-affects-your-blog/#comment-41304 Some of these colors only have these meanings in Western culture. In Japan, white is the color of funerals, not weddings. In color trends, green is becoming the new blue. Blue was forever the color of business and business websites, but now we're starting to see a shift. Thanks for the great rundown of color associations! Very helpful. Some of these colors only have these meanings in Western culture. In Japan, white is the color of funerals, not weddings. In color trends, green is becoming the new blue. Blue was forever the color of business and business websites, but now we’re starting to see a shift. Thanks for the great rundown of color associations! Very helpful.

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